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Saturday, 25 April 2015

Spring Fungi

Hello all! Squeezing in a very quick post and a tag I wasn't sure would fit in this month, but Saturday is play day, right? And I had a play with Tim's fabulous April tag inspiration and came up with this...I haven't many stamps which are for "colouring in", so the major departure from Tim's tag is the choice of image. I used the Stampotique Giant Shroom, but other than that I followed Tim's instructions pretty much to the letter.So there won't be much how-to-ing here - you'd do much better to hop over and see what the man himself has to say...

I started out with soft neutrals, keeping my fungi in gentle tones of brown, but it all seemed a bit autumnal and melancholy. Instead, I switched to my springtime preference for vivid blues and greens - Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint and Mermaid Lagoon are all in the mix - creating some distinctly different fungi!

There's still plenty of Vintage Photo, Tea Dye and Old Paper involved in the colouring too... And Tumbled Glass in the background, along with the Pumice Stone shading suggested by Tim.

I don't have any of the Block lettering dies, so went with a double handwriting look for the words.The blue-green "beautiful" is cut from some of the leftovers from my recent butterfly tag feast.

The advantage of having an obsession about a particular colour palette is that the leftovers from one project will often work beautifully with the next!

I don't have any of the little stars, but I picked out some pewter Idea-ology flowers and stained them with Mushroom Alcohol Ink.

Because of the positioning of the panel, I needed an extra flower up at the top by the ribbons too.

And the final cheat is that I haven't been anywhere near a sewing machine (I have a long and troubled history with them - it's better that we don't have contact these days!).Following a tip from the fantastic Jenny of Pushing the Right Buttons on one of her TV demo slots lately, I used a tracing wheel (it's a sewing tool - if you Google it you'll get an image) to create the holes, and then joined them up with a fine marker. From a distance you probably wouldn't know the difference.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm aiming to be doing some hopping around (in between birthday celebrations - it was mine on Friday and it's my brother's on Sunday), so I'll see you out there somewhere. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
Eleanora Duse

Happy Birthday for yesterday hun! Hope it was a great day and you took some time out for yourself. Just had to see this fantastic tag when it appeared on my reading list - seem to remember Cestina having a fondness for fungi? and I LOVE this version. Thank you for the shout out with the 'sewing' too! Glad it could come in useful (and you've done it so well!) Huge hugs, Jenny x

Beautiful tag, Alison, and a favorite of mine this month. Great twist on the flowers! Ha! Ha! The mushrooms are gorgeous, and your coloring is just perfect! Such a pleasure to look at! Happy belated birthday!

I don't think I have ever seen such beautiful fungi before, they are sensational Alison! The colours are wonderful and Jenny's tip certainly worked well, I thought the stitching was real - but it is so much easier the 'Jenny' way... Anne xx

Buttons is so right - fungi are a passion of mine. At last they take their true place in the canon of crafting! Amanita phalloides I think - the Deathcap - is almost what we have here. Perhaps a slightly variant version since the cap is more usually olive green. But a very beautiful, delicate variant. Who would have thought it was deadly? "All fungi are edible. Some only once"

I really need to do some comment catching up, as life has been very busy for various reasons! Anyway, this is such a beautiful tag! I love the colour palette and you're right - having a favourite colour palette means that left-overs shift over just perfectly to the next project! Fungi totally fascinate me! Coming upon a collection unexpectedly in a wood is always so magical - you can really understand the reason why they became associated with the world of fairy! Your tag too has an enchanting feel. I love it! xxx

These are BY FAR the most amazing mushrooms I have ever seen! That color palette took my breath away (in a good way) and I love how it conveyed those wonderful feelings of Spring, yet both the image and the color scheme were so unique and refreshing. You are always such an absolute visionary when it comes to your creations and I never cease to feel inspired and impressed when I swing through your blog!

WOW Alison, loving the large Shroom from Stampotique as your focal image, love the colours you used as always (so glad you have this colour obsession lol) and i like all the little embellishments and techniques you have incorporated :-) xxx

What a great take on Tim's April challenge, Alison! I especially love that you switched out the flowers in favor of your beautiful fungi ala Stampotique. Delightful embellishments finish off your great tag, my friend!

Oh my gosh...just love this gorgeous tag! The colours are my faves too. I love the soft and springy look of them. This is a beautiful time in the world. After the dark winters, the spring is such a time of rebird. Love to see the bulbs poking out of the ground and the early blooms are such a delight.

We are just building garden beds here at our new place...although the house is ten years old, they never put a back garden in...just a piece of mangy grass. It is a lot of work but your sentiment "beautiful world" is what we are trying to create.

I adore this tag!!!!! I've just received this giant mushsroom by Stampotique, you offer us a very lovely colouring and way of using this wonderful stamp here... Great tag for Tim's challenge I think, very unique as usual! Thank you dear Alison. And I read that you are doing a Giveaway?? Off to read if it's still time to join... :) xxx

Beyond thrilled to be one of Tim Holtz's

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